Michiko Ogawa is a performer-composer specialising in the clarinet, born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She performs not only classical repertoire but also contemporary and experimental musics, including free improvisation and film soundtrack work.

​ She also has been collaborating with musicians Samuel Dunscombe, Taku Sugimoto, James Rushford, Carolyn Chen, Golden Fur and Manuel Lima, Jonny Chang and Klaus Lang. She also frequently collaborates with visual artists, such Angela Jennings, Lindsay Bloom, Brianna Rigg and Sabina Maselli.

She was awarded Master's degree(MA) from the Musikhochschule Freiburg under Prof. Jörg Widmann, and in 2019 she was also awarded a doctorate (DMA) from the University of California (San Diego), with a dissertation focusing on the film music of Teiji Ito. She worked as an associate-in for teaching clarinet at the University of California (San Diego) during 2015-2017.